Tag-wiring machine



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UNITED .s'rATEs mvm L. storms, or CHICAGO; rnrmors TAG-WIRING MACHINE. f e 1 Application filed. August 18. 1923. semi'm. 658,058.

tinued and uninterrupted movement through the machine.

Another object is toprovide the machine with means for feeding the tags in rapid succession to the wire feeding means.

A further object is to provide the machine with wire twisting means. co-operating with the wire feeding means for efliciently attaching the tying wires to the tags.

A still-further object is to provide themachine with means for receiving the tags with their attached tying wires from the wire feeding and the wire twisting means and conveying the completed tags to the delivery end of themachine. g o

These and other objects will more fully appear and the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood from the follow- .ingspecification read in connection with the accompanying drawings and the subject matter of the appended claims.

In the drawings, 1 a c Figure 1 isa top view of the machine; P

Fig. 2 is a side viewiof the upper portion of the machine showing the same as broken off from its supporting base orstand;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the supporting base or stand for the machine, also shown as broken off therefrom;

, Fig. iis an end view of the tag feeding magazine; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View of the delivery end of the tag feeding magazine showing the means for ejecting the tags therefrom;

Figure 5 is a section taken on, the line 5 5 Of 5. v I.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1, partly in section, of the plunger releasing arm for removing the tags as fed from the magazines to the loading spindles;

Fig. 7 1s a transverse sectional view on line 7 -7 of Fig. 2,.looking in the direction of the arrows, showingcertain' details of construction of the" wiring mechanisms;

PATENT"OFF E" Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on line 8.8 of Fig. 2 drawn through one of the.

wire directing memb rs; a

Fig. 9 :1s a verticalsectional view on .line 9-9 of Fig. 7 showing the temporaryretaining forks for holding the loading spindle, shown in dotted lines, and which carries the tag, in registration with the wire directinginember, shown in "Fig. 8, for inserting the wire through the opening in the tag, and

the opening in a certain movable tension ,member.

Fig. 10 isa view on line 10- 10of Fig. 2

looking in the direct-ion of the arrows and showing the lower stationary cam and upper.

rotating cam employed at the feeding-end of the machine, and I Fig. 11 is a view on line 11--11 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the lower stationary cam and lower rotating cam also employed at the feeding end of the machine. 7

Referring to thedrawings, 1 indicates the base of the machine having mounted thereon the standards 2 which are four in number and support the machine plate or table 3 at each of the corners thereof. Api proximately centrally mounted ,upon a the base 1 is the stationarypost i which projects through the table 3 and for a distance thereabove. There is, mounted upon the base 1 at 1 any suitable point thereon a'revolving shaft 5 which also projects through the table 3 and for a distance thereabove, the lowerend of the shaft 5 being provided with a bevel gear 6 which meshes with the bevel pinion 7 which is revolved by any power source through suitable connections, such as fast and loose pulleys 8. Secured to the upper portion-of the shaft 5 above the table 3 is a large gear wheel 9 meshing with a second gear wheel 10 rotatably mounted upon the stationary post 4. Secured upon the main driving shaft:5 above the bevel gear 6 is a grooved pulley 11 connected by a belt 12Ito a grooved hub pulley 13 of the main grooved pulley 14. The pulley 14 is connected by the belt 1 5 projecting through openings formed through the table 2 the function of belt 15 to be later described. Secured uponthe main driving shaft 5 at a point just beneath I the bottom of the table 3 is: a sprocket wheel inner end to receive the enlarged end 40 of a spring-finger 40 extending inwardly and terminating in a slight upward turn just be 16 connected by the sprocket chain 17 to another xsprocket, wheel 18 secured upon the lowerend of the shaft 19 having at its upper end the bevel gear 20 meshing with thebevel gear 21 for revolving the;horizontalshaft 22, see Fig. 1. The above describes the main power operating mechanisms ofthe machine.

Supported upon the table 3 by the standards 23 is the tag feeding magazine 24. The

latter is medially recessed to receive a longitudinally slidable floor plate 25, and at the sides, the magazine receives two pairs of supports 29, these being rigidlysecured to the magazine by screws 29 or other suitable fastoning means. Within the area bounded by I the supports 29 is positioned a guidefor the I, tively.

supply of tags, comprising laterallyspaced sections, each composed of rearward and for-' ward upstandingmembers 26 and 2?, respec- The members 27 .are relatively shortenthan the members 26 and the sections are held in rigid relation by truss bars 27. These have outward rods 28 extending slidably into the supports 29. whereby the spacing of the guide sections may be varied in accordance with thewidth of the tags received. A desired spacing may be fixed by adjusting setscrews 30 mounted in the supports 29 to bear on 'therods 28. The plate .25 is reciprocated within the magazine by the post 31 connectedby the link 32 to, the pivotally mounted link 33 which is rocked in one direction by the link 34 connected to the arm 35 having atone end a cam roller 36 and at its otherrend the post 37 to which one end of the spring 38 is attached, the other end of thespring 38 being attached to the guide block 35 for guiding the arm 35. Upon the magazine is a stop 39 for limiting the backward movement of the plate 25.

Beyond the tag guide, the supports v29 receive a device which, in conjunction with the plate 25, limits the feed to one tag during each 'inst rokeof the plate. 7 The, device ha'sacross bar 39 for a base, which is'secured to the inner pair of supports 29 by bolts 39. As shown more clearlyin Fig. 5,

the cross bar 3.9"? receives a block 39 by means of a b01539! this block carrying'a depending shoe 39 to serve as a leveling guide for the tags and as a check against the return of a tag by obstructing the eye- 'patch or tab at the headthereof. The block also receives a'gage' 41 which is vertically adjustable through the: action of a set screw 41 in conformity withthe thickness of a given tag, whereby to permit but one tag to pass on each instroke of the plate 25.

The gage 41 is moved by a collar 41 carried by the screw 41? receiving the collar in a slot 41, as indicated in Fig. 4, and slides in an undercut face-recess of the block 39, as clearly shown in Fig; 1.

" The plate 25'is horizontally 'slitted at its yond the end of the plate. Figure 5 shows more clearly that the plateis, slotted above the en]argeimint40 to receive asquare washer 40 'and a screw 40, whereby to firmly secure the finger 40 to the plate. The

function ofthe fingeris to enter, with its terminal turn orpoint into the hole in the head ofthe lowermost tag onthe outstroke and in that manner push such tag forward on the instroke.

Mounted upon the table 3 are the posts 42 for'supporting the lower stationary-cam 43 and the upper stationaryeam 44, the cam 43 being provided with the guide opening 45 and the cam'44 being also provided with the guide opening46, clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2,

1O andll. "Secure upon the shaft 5v and adapted to be revolved therewith is the lower movable cam .47 above the stationary cam '43 and being provided with the upstanding cam flange 48. Also secu'reduponthe revolving shaft 5 is the upper movable camw49 positioned at a distance beneath the stationary cam 44. The

lower movable cam 47 is provided with the oppositely disposed substantially triangular guide openings 50, the upper movable cam 49 being also provided*with" guide openings 51 similar to the guide openings 50 of the cam 47 and in vertical alinementtherewith.

ZOperatively mounted within the respective gu de openings of the stationary and movable cams are the loading spindles 52 oppositely disposed from each other and supported by the ends of the upper and lower leaf springs 52and 52", the opposite ends of theleaf springs 52 being secured to the .tation of the cams 47 and 49 the spindles 52 will be moved in accordance with the respective openings in the stationary and movable cams so as to bring the pintles 52alternately in a manner to present the pintles 52 at the discharge end ofthe magazine for receiving the tags as the same are ejected therefrom and thereafter moving the tags for placing the same upon a portion of the wiring mechanism. It will be obvious that the finger 40 acts to assureregistration of the tag opening with the intles 52. (Jo-opcrating with the spind es 52 is thespring pressed plunger 55 (see Figs. 6 and 2) of the head 55 carried upon one end of the swinging arm '55" having its opposite'end formed with a hub '55 adjustab'l'y secured by the set screw 55" upon the vertically dis posed rod55 journaled through the guide bracket 55 secured upon the magazine at its feeding end the rod 55 projecting below the bracket 55and having its lower end secured to the head 55 of a laterally projecting rod or bar- 55 carrying at its free endthe cam roller55 for riding upon the upper surface of the cam flange 48 of the cam 47, there being interposed between the bracket 55 and the head 55 a spring 55 for holding the cam roller 55 in constant engagement with the cam flange 48, whereby whenthe cam roller 55 enters a depression 55 in the surface of the cam flange 48, the arm .55 will be lowered through the action of the compression s aring' 55 so that theplunger 55 will engage theejected tag at atime when the pintle 52 0f the loading spindle 52 is immediately beneath the ejected tag so asto co-operate therewith for placing the ejected tag upon the pintle 52 whichpintle 52? will convey the tag from the magazineto the, wiring mechanism to be described. The action assumed by the three elements dealing with the tag, viz, finger 4:0, plunger 55 and pintle 52 is as follows: The finger 40, at the end of its forward or instroke; ex-

tends across the tag opening, but being a light spring readily yields asthe plunger 55 descends. As the plunger 55 entersthe tag, the "finger begins its outstroke, trippingjthe slight impediment presented the nose of the plunger. At this time the pintle 52 has arrived into a'linement with the plunger, and the further descent of the plunger head 55 maintains this alinen'ient, the plunger hacking into the cav'ityiof the'head against the tension ofa spring 55' while' 'the pintle is received in a transverse slot 55 "cut in the'bottoin of the plunger head. The tag in the meantime is depressed onto the ,pintle by the head 55 The pintle now departs, emerging from the slot 55". l p Y Secured uponthe upper portion of the gear wheel 10: arethe posts 56, which. are four in number, {for supporting in. vertically spaced relation above the gear wheel10 and the upper stationary cam 44, hereinbefore described, the wire feeding supporting disk or spider .57 provided with the equally spaced holders 58 receiving wire directingv tubes 58, the holders 58 being provided withthe under-cut portions 58 beneath the collar 58 secured upon the upper projecting ends of the wire directing tubes 58" by the set screws 58 to provide for the ready reinovalof the wire directing tubes in case of repair. Slidably 'Inountedin-the upper portion of the tube 58 is a second wire dlrecting tube 58 normally forced upwardly by'the compression spring 58 which is seated in an annular recess in the upper portion of the tube 58 and bears against the under side of the head "58 of the tube 58'. spider or disk 57 and vertically spaced therefrom is the'cam member 59 rigid-lysecui'ed upon the stationary post 4 having a cam face 59 upon its under side provided with a predetermined located upwardly extending concavity 59 and engaging the cam face 59 and the concavity 59 thereof are the cam rol'lers 5.9 upon the pivotally mounted arms 59 provided with the forked'ends 59 having the inwardly extending pins 59? forengaging the under side of the collar i58i'by way of the under-cut recesses 58 of the holderv58 for raising at the proper time the wire directing tube 58 gagainst the tension of the compression spring 58? when the cam roller 59 enters the concavity 59 L-of the earn 59.. Norma lly, the compression.

spring A 58 maintains the tube 58 in depressed or lowered position, whereby to guide the wire through the hole in the tag which has-fbeen placed by the pintl'e52 upon the fingers 60 and subsequently held against phe. lowerendof thewire feedingtube 58 "01' already fed downthe tube 58 by means soon to be: described, "the tag being held I, firmly against the tube 58"? by the action'oith'e springs 60 whiclrhas one end attached to the post 56 and its other fjend attachedto one end 60?.of a. bell crank arm 60? pivotally mounted upon the postf56 The fingers" 50 are continuously held in upward position until prior to their reaching the tag loading Above the receiving a" halif lengthof the wire position, whereby the inner-end of the plungel rod60 which projects through the. post '56 and'engages the bell crank arrn 60rides upon the cam'GO fixed upon the stationary post 4 thus causing the plungerrOd"60 to be "forced in outward direction against'the" bell crank arm "60 to force the arm 60? together "with the "fingers 60 downwardlyfor r'eceiv- 'ing the tag from the point of the loading spindle 52, whereby to receive the next succeeding tag in a manner just described. The

loading spindle 52 is engaged by the upper i and lower forked arins '61 and 61 for'temthe tag holdingfingers 6 0 andthe wire feeding tube 58",, since these parts are mounted on' the unitary structure which rotates with the gear base 10.

"; ,The engagement of the loading spindle 52 with the upper and lower forked arms '61 and 61 is occasioned by the operation of the cam openings and 51 as afiected by the combined rotary movement. of the cams l749 and of the unitary structure carryin thefeeding tubes-58 and the alined forked arms 61 and 61; Thus," the outward tension of the spindles52is normally limited by the contour of the cam openings 45, but is released by such contour at the site of the arms 61 and. 61?. whereby the latter take the place ofsuc'h contour andtemporarily check and retain the spindles ina position alined with the feeding tubes 58", all while the rotary movement goes'on, i I Suitably supported upon, the disk or spider 57 are'fthe supporting cylinders 62, passing through .whichfland the disk or spider 5'1 and the wire reel supporting plate 2a m th taining bolts-62 for rigidly supporting. the fwire reel plate- ,62 upon the upper side ofwhichare the wirereels 63,.being-four .in number or any suitable nun'iber, and from which the wires pass around the pins 63 and continue, between the intermittent feeding. rolls 68? which feed thewire to thewire deliveringtubes 58 and 58 each feed roll 63" being mounted upon a shaft 63; rotating in a bracket 63 s'ecured to the under'side of the wire supp0rting disk. 62,' the inner ends of each of .theshafts of the feed rolls 63' being providedflwith a gearpinion 64adapted to mesh at mental racks 64: upon. the stationary disk or plate 64* rigidly secured upon the stationary post 4.

"The gear 10, is revolved [through the medium of the gear- 9 and revolving therewitharound the stationary post 4' are the posts 56 "supporting the plate or spider 57 the supports 62 supporting the wire reel supporting plate 62 and their accessories forming a substantially unitary struoture for revolving simultaneously with the gear Duringithe .bbaihilibfthe machine when a Wiredirecting 'tube 58P re'gisters with the pintle 52 ofthetag loading spindle 52 for placingfthe tagupon thefingers 60, a po'rtionof thewire isprojected through the aperture in the tag by a movement of the feed rolls 63", the/tag 65,being held; firmly againstjthe'wiredirecting tube 58"; by the upward pressure ofv the fingers while the pinions 64L engage another rack segment 64*,

whereby the wire, will be further fed through the tag' as the tag holding means continues in 'its. travel. The wire, before entering the directing tube. 58f, passes through the aperture in a stationary member 65 secured upon the bottom bracket 63' and also through a similarly apertured member 65 which is pivotallymounted predetermined intervals with; the seg- 58 above, and another section; is drawn npon the member 65 by the bolt 65, the member65? being held'normally in registration with the member 65 by the torsion spring 65 which at the same time presses theknife members 65 and 65 together. These members constitute the wire cutting mechanism. Thus, when the tag 65 reaches the conveying belts .80 and" 80 and is grippedithereby,,the movable member 65, which projects slightly inwardly, contacts with the stationary trip 65? secured upon the under side ofthe stationary disk or plate 6 tl,'such,movable knife member 65 swinging upon its pivot 65 and cutting the wire at a point between the stationary knife member 65 and the movable knife member 65 In the meantime, the lower end of the wire, which, by the further feeding action suggested, has been" projected through the tag 65'held by the fingersfiO, moves down into free space, due to the departure of the pintle 52$; onward. At this juncture, however, plunger 70 engages a cam 7O upon the post 4:, thereby forcing a tension member :70 apertured as'jindicated at 7 3 in Figure 9 outwardly to receive the wire initsapera ture and be subsequently forced inwardly bya'spring 70 to carry'and hold the wire against a stationary tension member 7 0. Thelower end ofthe wire is so; retained until the wiring mechanism revolves sufficiently -t oswing-the outer end ofthe taginto the grip of a pair of'superposed "conveying belts SOfand 80, whereby the'tag will be graduallydrawn from the wiring mechanism together with'its quota of wire. It will be 'at some distance below the latter. Now, as

the tag is drawn further in a lateral direction by the conveying belts, pulls the wire length from apoint intermediate 'its'ends, forming a fold in the wire, sothat one section isdrawn from the wire directing tube from the tension-member 7 0 below. In this connection it will appear that, while that section of-the wire leading to the tension member 70? isexposed andsubjectto the tug of the tag, the upper section isstill full e cased in the'tube 58*, or nearly so, eing subj ecte'd to a right-angle fold or bend when drawn out, To obviate the diflioulty of drawingthe section from thetube as nor- Inally positioned, the cam 59mm as the wire sections receive the tug of the departing tag,

the strain. However, as bothwire sections flto raise the tube, a sufficient .distance through the, agency of the parts 59, 59, eto to relieve. the issuing wiresection of meet certain twisting devices 90 to be described later, asmall amount of resistance is imparted to them as against the pulling action of the tag Thus, the lateral issue of the upper strand from the tube 58 will be somewhat deterred by the friction of the vertically movable section thereof within the tube rand the lower strand will be similarly affected as the tension member 70 presses it against the tension member 70.

As the tag 65 moves onwardly towards the deliveryend of the machine, the revolving twisters 9O twist the two strands of wire adjacent the tag opening, the tag afterwards drawing the wires from the twisting members 90 and being delivered at the delivery end of the machine by the belts 80 and 80.

The wire twisters 90 are mounted upon respective shafts 90 revolubly mounted in the brackets 90?, the shafts 90 having at their inner ends the grooved pulleys 90, the brackets 90 being secured upon the power shaft 22 by thescrew"90 .or other suitable securing means, the bracket 90 being revolved in the direction of the shaft 22 and being supported by the pintle 90 mounted inthe bracket support 90. While the bracket 90 is being revolved in one direction by the shaft22, the pulleys 90, shafts 90 and wire twisters 90 are rotated in the opposite direction by the belt 15 ashereinbefore described. g

The conveying belt 80 rides upon asmall pulleyr8l mounted upon a vertical plate 100 supported upon one corner of the machine a ,andalso around a larger pulley 81"? also mounted upon the plate 100' slightly remote from the delivery end .of the machine. The belt 80 travels around the-small pulley 82 and the driving pulley 82 and. around a second small pulley 82?,the pulley 82being mounted upon the plate lOO at the delivery end of the machine, whilst the pulley 82 is mounted upon the plate 100 remote fromvthe delivery end of the machine.

The pulley'82 is'rigidly secured upon the driven shaft 22 whereby the, pulleys 82 drives the belt80 in the direction of the discharging the completedtag to the .deliveryend of the machine.

As the wire twisters are intended to impartbut a limited number "of turns to the wire,.provision is made to check the rotation of the twisters after the requisite number of turns have been given, and to place them in receptive position for the next set of wires. Thus, the stationary pintle 90 is fitted witha-disk cam 91, which is fixed, and inside the pathvof the revolving twister, asjse1nb1y, as the latter turns n a clockwise direction, per Figure The cam 91 has a drop or fall opposite the side at which the tag wires are engaged by the twister-s, and the twister pulleys 90 have a projecting lug 92 co-operating with the periphery of the cam. As the twistersgare carried around the cam 91, they are, during the greater part of their course prevented from rotating on their own axes the rid ing of the lugs 92 on the highjportion of the cam periphery. However, whena given twister rises to wire-receivingheight,itslug 92 arrives opposite the drop orlowportion of the cam periphery, clearing thesame and permitting the twister to rotateia sufiicient number of turns and impart a corresponding number of twists tothe tag wires. The intermittent motion of the twisters will cause no appreciable amount of friction slippage is required, i. e., with the twister approaching the wire rece ving "point. The

.twister at the other side may be permitted what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is a 1. A machine of the character specified comprising a fixed cam "having I guiding means, amovablecam assoeiated'with the fixed cam and having guiding means, a tag engaging spindle engag ng [said g iding a predetermined position with respect ,to

position of itself, as explained with the belt ,15, as buta small amount;of

.100 meansnspr ng' means urging SflidPiI1d1e1t0 said first and "second-named cams, and

means to periodically arrest the movement of said spindle, said; spindle being provided with tag engaging means adapted to conduct the (tags from a source of supply toa tag working mechanism. y

2. machine of the character described compr sing a fixed cam having ,an internal guide opening, a rotatable cam associated withthe fixed cam and havinga guide opening, a spindle extendingthrough. said :openings, spring means urging a, saidspindle to a predetermined position, and means to pcriodically arrest the movement of said spindle, said spindle being vprovided with vtag cngagingmeans whereby to conduct the tags from a source of su ply to a .tag wiring mechanism.

3. machine of the character described comprisinga fixed cam having, a guide opening, a rotatable cam havingia guideopenng in registration with the guide opening a in said fixedcaima spindle freelyfextending through said openings, means urging said spindle to a predetermined positioninsaid openings, said spindle being provided (With a tag engaging pintle ilocated above tsaid fixed cam and adapted .to engage a tag at 50 wire, 'means the point of supply and convey the tag to the wiring mechanism. s

A. A machine for wiring tags comprising a pair of fixed cams arranged in spaced re- '5 lation andhaving guide openings, rotatable cams between said fixed cams and having pairsf'of openings in registrationwith the openings in said fixed cams, spindles entending freely through said openings 1n said 10 first and second named cams, a spring urging said spindles to predetermined positions, andmeans to periodically arrest the movement of said. spindles with said rotatable cams. Y

,5. A machine for wiring tags comprising a pair of fixed cams arranged in spaced relation and having guide openings, rotatable cams between 'sald fixed cams and having pairs'of openings in registration with the openings in said fixed cams, spindles ex.-

tending "freely through said openings in said firstfand second named cams a spring urging said spindles to predetermined positions, and means to periodically arrest the movement of said spindles with said rotatable cams, said spindles being provided with pint-l es for. extending through the perfora- Itionin' a tag and COIIVGYlIlg the tag to a wiring mechanism.

a v ,6. In a tag wir ng machine, the combinatio'n fwith atag receiving means, of a wire applying means, means for e ect1ng the tags n succession from said tagreceiving'means,

H 1 means co-operatingwith a! conductingmeans forplacing'thetagsjupon said wire applying means, niea'ns for receiving and-"retaining jsaidtags upon said wire applying means while the wire is being applied to the tags, meansfor holding the fedwlreunder ten- 40 sion, meansfor severing the fed wire, and

'means for twisting the Severed strands of wirefor securing the same upon the tags.

7. In atag wiring machine, the combina tion with a tag receiving means, of a wire applying means, means for conducting the tags'from said tag receivingjmeans to sald wire applying means, means upon sa1d w 1re receiving means for operatively retaming the tags thereon during the feeding of the for holding thefed wireunder tension, means i under tension, means for releasing the ten sionnpon the wire,'means for conveying the "tags to the delivery end of the machine upon their release from sald wire apply ng means,

and means for twistingthe Wir'e' upon the tags during theirtransittowards the delivery end of the machine.

8," A machine for wiring tags comprising; a rotatable'member havinguprights, a carriermounted on said uprights and having -movable" wire directing tubes, and wire jf d g m smmnted on said carrier and fmova'ble therewith.

v :9. A machine 'for wlring tags comprising" for severing the wire held' "veyed to a point of discharge:

a rotatable member having uprights, a' carrier mounted on said uprights and having movable wire directing tubes, and wire feeding means mounted on said carrier and mOvable therewith, levers connected to said wire directing tubes, and means for rocking said levers at intervals whereby said wire directing tubes areperiodically operated.

10. A machine tor wiring tags. comprising a rotatable member having uprights, a car-' movable wire directing tubes, and wire feeding means mounted onsaid carrier and movable therewith, levers'connected to sald avire directing tubes, and means to perio'di-.

cally move said tag engaging fingers away from said wire directing tubes.

12. A machine for wiring tags comprising a rotatable member having uprights, a carrier mounted on said uprlghts and having movable wire directing tubes, and wire feeding means mounted on said carrier and movable therewith, levers connected to said wire directing tubes, and means to 1 engage the through the tag whereby wire upon passing totension" the wire.

'. 13. A machine for wiring tags comprising a rotatable member having uprights, a car- .rier mounted on said uprights andhaving movable wire directing tubes, and'wire feeding means mounted on saidcarrier and movable therewith, levers connectedto saidwire directing tubes, and conveyingbelts to engage the tag'and convey the same to a point of discharge.

14. A machine for wiring tags comprising a rotatable member having uprights, a'carrier mounted on said-uprights and having movable wire directing tubes, and wire feeding means mountedon said carrier and movable therewith, levers connected to said wire directing tubes, and a twisting mechanism to engage the wire when the tag is being con 15. Ina tag wiring machine,

applying means, means'for conducting the tags from said tag receiving means to said wire applying means, means r directing the course of saidtag conducting means, means upon said wire applym means for receiving the tags from said con noting means, means for successively feeding a section of wire to a. plurality of tags during their traverse through said wire 'applyinggmeans, means for conveying the tags with their wire secthe combination with a tag receiving means, of a wire tions from the wire applying means to the discharge end of the machine, and means for twisting the sections of wire upon the tags during their transit with said conyeyor.

16. Ina tag wiring machine, the combination with a tag receiving means, of a Wire applying means, means for conducting the tags from said tag receiving means to said wire applying means, means for directing the course of saidtag conducting means, means upon said wire applying means for receiving and retaining the tags from said conducting means, means for successively feeding a section of wire to a plurality of tags during their traverse through said wire applying means, means for conveying the tags with their wire sections from the Wire applying means to the discharge end of the machine, and means fortwisting the sections of wire upon the tags during their transit with said conveyor.

17. In a tag wiring machine, the combination with a tag receiving magazine, of a wire applying means, said means consisting of a revoluble unitary structure comprising wire directing means, wire feeding means, tag retaining means co-operating with said wire directing means, wire severing means, and

means for feeding the tags to said wire applying means.

18. In a tag wiring machine, the combination with a tag receiving magazine, of a wire applying means, said means consisting of a revoluble unitary structure comprising Wire directing means, wire feeding means, tag retaining means co-operating with said wire directing means, wire severing means,

directing means, wire severing means, a rev-' oluble wire twisting means for engaging the wire subsequently to the actuation of the wire severing means, and means for conveying the completed tag from said wire applying means'and said wire twisting means to the discharge end of the machine.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

IRVIN L. YOUNG. 

